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Not being rude! :roll:
What do use for internal and external cleaning?
Got to do the padding etc on the inside of mine,but don't know what to use?!
Can anyone recommend anything?
Cheers!
kwak zzr
18-06-06, 06:24 PM
dont bother with the inside but use baby wipes on the outside.
If you use gel/wax/any other hair product then you should clean the lining with johnsons baby shampoo and let it dry naturally. If you've got no hair like me, then its not so much of a worry :D
What do use for internal and external cleaning?
Internal:
A squirt of Fabreeze every now and again.
If really dirty, I take the lid into the shower and use Johnson's Baby Shampoo. Yes, really I do :lol:
Obviously, non-removable lining :roll:
External:
Auto-Glym Visor cleaner on kitchen roll, just like for the visor.
If really dirty, I take the lid into the shower and use Johnson's Baby Shampoo. Yes, really I do :lol:
Aaaarrrgggghhhhh!!!!!
Can't get these horrible mental pictures of you in the shower polishing your helmet out my head!!! :puker: I'll have nightmares tonight! 8-[
Cronos,thats BAAADDD!!!
That thought was being kept at bay until now!!!! :smt078
If really dirty, I take the lid into the shower and use Johnson's Baby Shampoo. Yes, really I do :lol:
Aaaarrrgggghhhhh!!!!!
Can't get these horrible mental pictures of you in the shower polishing your helmet out my head!!! :puker: I'll have nightmares tonight! 8-[
I think you have issues. Get some therapy :thumbsup:
If it is internal smell you are woried about then take the lining out and put it in the freezer over night as it is bacteria that makes it smell, and -20 in a domestic freezer kills 99% of bacteria!! No bacteria = No smell :)
Febreeze anti-bac on the lining, crystal glo acrylic polish on the shell and visor.
i got some helmet cleaner and sanitiser from a pound shop,
does the job i suppose.
If it is internal smell you are woried about then take the lining out and put it in the freezer over night as it is bacteria that makes it smell, and -20 in a domestic freezer kills 99% of bacteria!! No bacteria = No smell :)
You can do the same with soft toys and teddy bears...
If it is internal smell you are woried about then take the lining out and put it in the freezer over night as it is bacteria that makes it smell, and -20 in a domestic freezer kills 99% of bacteria!! No bacteria = No smell :)
You can do the same with soft toys and teddy bears...
You too have issues and should join Cronos in the therapy suite :thumbsup:
If it is internal smell you are woried about then take the lining out and put it in the freezer over night as it is bacteria that makes it smell, and -20 in a domestic freezer kills 99% of bacteria!! No bacteria = No smell :)
You can do the same with soft toys and teddy bears...
You too have issues and should join Cronos in the therapy suite :thumbsup:
Can I bring my teddy with me??
If it is internal smell you are woried about then take the lining out and put it in the freezer over night as it is bacteria that makes it smell, and -20 in a domestic freezer kills 99% of bacteria!! No bacteria = No smell :)
No smell. Just wanted to do a pre-emptive strike before it gets grubby! :wink:
Samnooshka
19-06-06, 06:49 PM
External:
Auto-Glym Visor cleaner on kitchen roll, just like for the visor.
Don't use the Auto-Glym stuff on the visor, the chemicals in it make the helmet and visor go brittle over time, especially on Arai! it weakens the mechanisms and eventually the break off!!
use the shift it cleaners, and polish for the oustside, and make sure that you remove the visor when cleaning it and the helmet so that excess polish/cleaner doesn't settle in the mechanisms.
Also if you polish the visor with the polish it acts like a rain free and also makes the bugs easier to clean off :wink:
Hope this help
Sammy
i use Fabreeze for the inside and wurth helmet cleaner for the outside forks well :D
philipMac
19-06-06, 07:15 PM
If it is internal smell you are woried about then take the lining out and put it in the freezer over night as it is bacteria that makes it smell, and -20 in a domestic freezer kills 99% of bacteria!! No bacteria = No smell :)
Yeah. Well, almost. if you have spore forming bacteria, (ie most of them) you want to freeze-> 18 hour thaw->freeze->thaw again.
You want the lads to come out of hiding, and instantly zap them again. This works with dust mites very well (if you are allergic).
Even then you wont get all of them. And, at the slightest chance they will just multiply back up to the former colony sizes.
What you want to do it remove their food (Oils and dead skin), which stops them from starting. And your best bet is a good wash and rinse in the shower.
I have just worked out why the word crash is in brackets :shock:
i'm having a blond week, still got a hangover from saturday, soz :oops:
Don't use the Auto-Glym stuff on the visor, the chemicals in it make the helmet and visor go brittle over time, especially on Arai! it weakens the mechanisms and eventually the break off!!
use the shift it cleaners, and polish for the oustside, and make sure that you remove the visor when cleaning it and the helmet so that excess polish/cleaner doesn't settle in the mechanisms.
Also if you polish the visor with the polish it acts like a rain free and also makes the bugs easier to clean off :wink:
Hope this help
Sammy
Cheers Sammy,interesting about the risk to damaging the structure! :shock:
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